title: watching xena
pairing: c/s
rating: pg
disclaimer: sadly i don’t own any of ‘em
feedback: always welcome at laylat@comcast.net

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“Are you seriously watching that again?” Catherine stood behind the couch raising an incredulous eyebrow at Sara’s viewing choice. “I mean really the effects are terrible, the accents are so obvious, it’s really just an excuse to show women in tight leather outfits.”

Sara looked up from her prone position on the couch raising an eyebrow of her own.

“Okay so maybe that last bit isn’t so bad,” Catherine admitted.

“Come on and join me, you haven’t ever even watched a whole episode, maybe I can convince you this show is more than you see on the surface.”

Catherine looked down at Sara’s long body on the sofa and decided lying there wrapped up in her arms was way too good to pass up, even if it meant she had to sit through an entire episode of Xena. Like she said the tight leather outfits weren’t bad.

As Catherine settled in on her human mattress and made herself comfortable she tried to figure out what was going on. It seemed Xena was in the body of some guy and Gabrielle seemed pretty convinced Xena was in fact dead.

“You really think this story is going to convince me you aren’t a bit nuts for owning all these on dvd?” Catherine asked Sara.

“Hush up and watch.”

“No seriously,” Catherine twisted slightly so she could look at Sara, “I mean – “

Catherine was interrupted as Sara pointed at the TV. The blond turned her head just in time to watch Xena’s head bending down to kiss her young sidekick.

“Hold on, are they kissing?”

“Sort of,” was Sara’s cryptic answer.

“Is that why you watch this, ‘cause Xena and Gabrielle are sleeping together? How come I never noticed those scenes before?”

“Because they never showed those scenes sweetie, it was sort of left to the imagination, you know, subtext.”

“Subtext, huh”

“Yup”

“It must have been difficult to get those two together, I mean with the age difference, the dark past, the dangerous profession.”

“Yeah, that must have been a real challenge.” The subtle note of sarcasm in Sara’s voice made Catherine think about what she had just said.

“I mean really, how did they ever end up together?” As she spoke her hands became adventurous sneaking underneath Sara’s shirt.

With the touch of Catherine’s hands Sara’s attention was quickly drawn away from the television. It also became very clear how they might have ended up together. “So, which one of us gets to be Xena?”

“Oooh, you mean there might be tight leather outfits?”

Those were the last words uttered for a good long while as Catherine’s lips found a better occupation for Sara’s than talking.

-the end